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• Shale oil extraction — Shell s experimental in situ shale oil facility, Piceance Basin, Colorado, United States Process type Chemical Industrial sector(s) Chemical industry, oil indus …   Wikipedia

• Shale oil — This article is about synthetic oil produced by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution from oil shale. For crude oil stored in shale reservoirs, see Tight oil. Shale oil, known also as kerogen oil or oil shale oil, is an unconventional… …   Wikipedia

• shale gas — UK [ˈʃeɪl ɡæs] / US noun [uncountable] gas produced from shale, used for heating, cooking, etc …   English dictionary

• shale — /ʃeɪl / (say shayl) noun a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material. {special use of obsolete shale scale (of a fish, etc.), Old English scealu shell, husk. See scale1} …  

• Oil shale extraction — is an industrial process in which kerogen mdash;a mixture of organic chemical compounds (including hydrocarbons) found in oil shale mdash;is converted into synthetic crude oil through pyrolysis. In pyrolysis, oil shale is heated in the absence of …   Wikipedia

• Oil shale — For the scientific technical journal, see Oil Shale (journal). Not to be confused with Shale oil or Tight oil. Oil shale Sedimentary Rock Combustion of oil shale Composition …   Wikipedia

• Oil shale industry — Stuart oil shale pilot plant (now dismantled) Oil shale industry is an industry of mining and processing of oil shale a fine grained sedimentary rock, containing significant amounts of kerogen (a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds), from …   Wikipedia

• Oil shale geology — Main article: Oil shale Outcrop of Ordovician kukersite oil shale, northern Estonia. Oil shale geology is a branch of geologic sciences which studies the formation and composition of …   Wikipedia

• Oil shale economics — deals with the economic feasibility of oil shale extraction and processing. The economic feasibility of oil shale is highly dependent on the price of conventional oil, and the assumption that the price will remain at a certain level for some time …   Wikipedia

• Burgess shale type fauna — A number of assemblages bear fossil assemblages similar in character to that of the Burgess shale. While many are also preserved in a similar fashion to the Burgess shale, the term Burgess shale type fauna covers assemblages based on taxonomic… …   Wikipedia

• American Shale Oil — The American Shale Oil Corporation (AMSO), formerly known as EGL Oil Shale, LLC, is a developer of in situ oil shale extraction technology. It is a subsidiary of IDT Corporation (75%) and EGL Resources, Inc., (25%) a privately owned independent… …   Wikipedia